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Robin Barker's avatar

Lionel Shriver I love you.

Your wit, your audacity, your clarity, your logic, the way you put words on the page.

And, yes, in the current climate, your bravery.

The extreme cowardice and the wishy-washy responses of politicians, actors, writers, artists, most journalists, climate-change warriors, teachers, academics is breathtaking.

I was at Sydney University today waving a flag for the Jewish students and lecturers there who are increasingly intimidated by the permanent tent city set up on what was once a hallowed space filled with shrill keffiyeh-clad children beating drums and shrieking.

According to the Vice-Chancellor the 'nice' Mr Scott 'Jewish students will just have to tough out being “uncomfortable” in the face of anti-Israel slogans'. He has explained that 'from the river to the sea' and calls for an 'intifada' are not classified as hate speech. Mr Scott is paid considerably more than our Prime Minister.

If a tent city was set up by 'white' folk or Jews even mildly calling out Muslims or Indigenous Australians the response, I'm sure, would be vastly different.

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